Casa Cabeza: Ski

I suffer from a little seasonal depression. I say this not because I've seen a therapist and gotten a diagnosis but simply because I really struggle at times living in the Northeast when the weather starts to get cold and dark. The "Gloom Period" still gets to me. And really, I don't mind the cold so much. It's all those dismal gray days, the ones that start at 7:15 and end at 4:00 pm.

That's hard for me.

It doesn't help that I work in a windowless office inside a literal hidden bunker in Manhattan.

It's easy enough in the summer because I bike-commute. I'm on the bike for almost an hour every day, I get plenty of sun and fresh air while I'm out there, and it helps a lot with office life. I'm on the bike in the winter, too, but because of those late mornings and early evenings, there's a lot less sun.

At Mount Snow, Winter 2018-19.

We ski. In fact, as we get older, I find myself wanting to ski more and more. Not because I'm some daredevil thrill-seeker but because I really like spending time out on the slopes in the sun. I'm actually a snowboader, again not because I'm some radical dude but because I find snowboarding to be a little easier on my knees.

This tab archives our adventures with an emphasis on specific resorts along the East Coast, mostly in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. We ski a lot, so we ski where we live. We're also members of Stratford's Sterling Ski Club, a part of the Connecticut Ski Council. Highly recommended for Connecticut-based skiers.

We'll start with an article we wrote back in 2023, followed by an archive of locations, mostly from the East Coast.

The Pointer Brothers’ Guide to Sking on a Budget